By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — NCAA President Charlie Baker is asking members to make one of the most dramatic shifts in the history of college sports by allowing highly resourced schools to pay some of their athletes. In a letter sent to more than 350 Division I schools
Continue ReadingCNN By Elizabeth Wolfe and Rob Frehse, CNN (CNN) — The FBI and local authorities are examining the cause of a home explosion that erupted in northern Virginia Monday night as police were trying to execute a search warrant, as well as “concerning” social media posts allegedly made by a suspect who investigators believe was
Continue ReadingNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The late Gerry Fraley has been honored with the BBWAA Career Excellence Award. The honor was announced Tuesday by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America at the winter meetings. Fraley will be honored during the Hall of Fame’s induction weekend from July 19-22 in Cooperstown, New York. Fraley died in May
Continue ReadingBy Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — This summer, someone walked into a Central Florida gas station and purchased a winning Quick Pick lottery ticket. That person now has less than a week to claim their prize before they forfeit a whopping $44 million. The unclaimed ticket will expire Monday, December 11, unless the ticket holder
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers posted 8.7 million job openings in October, the fewest since March 2021, in a sign that hiring is cooling in the face of higher interest rates yet remains at a still-healthy pace. Openings were down significantly from 9.4 million in September. Hiring is slowing
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — The presidents of Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania and Massachusetts Institute of Technology are facing questions from Congress Tuesday about their responses to alleged incidents of antisemitism on their campuses in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war. “Today, each of you will have a chance to answer
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court said Tuesday that it won’t resolve a case it heard earlier this term concerning whether a self-appointed “tester” of the Americans with Disabilities Act can sue hotels over alleged violations of the civil rights law if she doesn’t intend to stay at them. The court decided
Continue ReadingCNN By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — As she woos her party’s wealthy donors, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is promoting a policy that sets her apart from her closest competitors for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination: A willingness to stake out positions on the politically fraught issue of overhauling the nation’s entitlement programs.
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is sagging again Tuesday as a big rally that had sent it to a 20-month high loses steam. The S&P 500 was 0.4% lower in early trading and on track for its first back-to-back drop since October. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was
Continue ReadingKIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — The interior ministers of Britain and Rwanda have signed a treaty that aims to revive a plan to send asylum-seekers to the East African country that has been blocked by U.K. courts. British Home Secretary James Cleverly said the legally binding agreement signed with his Rwandan counterpart Vincent Biruta would “address
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Hugh Grant learned some years ago that if a filmmaker doesn’t make something from the heart, it shows. The films that work best, and are most loved, he’s found, are the ones that the directors really meant. It applied to his romantic comedies with Richard Curtis as well as
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — JetBlue says it needs to buy Spirit Airlines to compete with bigger airlines in a post-Covid travel world. That’s the case a JetBlue lawyer made Tuesday during closing arguments in a trial over the government’s lawsuit to block JetBlue from buying Spirit. The Justice Department argues that
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Jon Rahm all but locked up the Masters with an 8-iron he carved around the trees. What made him feel just as good was a stock tee shot in the middle of the 12th green. Wyndham Clark raves about his 3-wood to the par-5 14th at the U.S. Open,
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s government has made a deal with two large opposition parties to open the Arctic Ocean to seabed mineral exploration, despite warnings by environmental groups that it would threaten biodiversity. In June, Norway said it wanted to open parts of the continental shelf for commercial deep-sea mining in line with its
Continue ReadingBy OMER FAROOQ Associated Press HYDERABAD, India (AP) — A powerful storm has made landfall along India’s southeast coast, unleashing torrential rains and strong winds. Officials say at least 12 people died in the downpour ahead of the arrival of Tropical Storm Michaung. The states of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu are hard hit. Thousands
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Before she’s ready to talk about her memoir, Barbra Streisand needs to pull herself away from current events. “I’m watching (expelled Rep.) George Santos, and worrying about the world and democracy,” she says at the start of a telephone interview, when asked how’s she doing.
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Before she’s ready to talk about her memoir, Barbra Streisand needs to pull herself away from current events. “I’m watching (expelled Rep.) George Santos, and worrying about the world and democracy,” she says at the start of a telephone interview, when asked how’s she doing.
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry was unfairly stripped of his publicly funded security detail after giving up his status as a working member of the royal family and moving to the U.S., his lawyer said in court Tuesday. The Duke of Sussex wants protection while visiting the U.K. and claims
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — An upcoming biography of the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis will draw upon hundreds of interviews, along with the civil rights activist’s FBI files and materials from a planned book that was never completed. Historian David Greenberg’s “John Lewis: A Life” is scheduled for release next fall, Simon & Schuster announced
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin says that Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a one-day trip to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia focused on the Israeli-Hamas war and also host the Iranian president in Moscow this week. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says Putin will visit both countries Wednesday. Peskov said the talks will
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